The relation between multiculturalism, interculturalism and cosmopolitanism in UK diversity politics

Pier-Luc Dupont; Thomas Sealy; Tariq Modood

doi:10.1080/1070289X.2023.2186622

The relation between multiculturalism, interculturalism and cosmopolitanism in UK diversity politics

Pier-Luc Dupont^*, Thomas Sealy, Tariq Modood

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Abstract

This article assesses whether multiculturalism, interculturalism and cosmopolitanism
find themselves in tension or, rather, coexist in UK politics. This is done through the analysis of recent policy and civil society documents, complemented with semi-structured interviews with race equality organizations. Results suggest a complementary relationship between these normative perspectives, with interculturalism and multiculturalism jointly shaping the central government’s policy
as well as the discourse of civil society organizations. As for cosmopolitanism, it manifests itself primarily in civil society’s support for a more humane system for
asylum seekers, as well as in the endorsement of EU intervention in the governance of cultural diversity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	785-804
Number of pages	20
Journal	Identities
Volume	30
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2023.2186622
Publication status	Published - 10 Mar 2023

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Funding Information:
This work was funded by Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) through the project PLURISPACE: Negotiating Diversity in Expanded European Public Spaces (2019-2022) The authors would like to thank all research participants as well as PLURISPACE partners at Sciences Po, University of Oslo and Pompeu Fabra University for the comparative design of the project, led by Riva Kastoryano, John Erik Fossum, Tariq Modood and Ricard Zapata-Barrero.

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Modood, T. (Principal Investigator), Dupont, P.-L. (Researcher) & Sealy, T. (Researcher)
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The relation between multiculturalism, interculturalism and cosmopolitanism in UK diversity politics

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